Volunteers at a food bank targeted in a racist arson attack have said they were overwhelmed after being handed a cheque for more than £70,000 raised in a crowdfunding appeal.
The Belfast Multicultural Association centre in Belfast was badly damaged in last month’s blaze, with large sections of the roof of the historic listed building destroyed.
Police are treating the attack on the property in Donegall Pass in the south of the city as a hate crime.
In the wake of the fire, an online funding page was set up to help the association continue its work distributing food and clothes packages to vulnerable people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Multicultural centre fire in Belfast being treated as hate crime
Officers are treating the blaze at the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association property on Donegall Pass in the south of the city as a hate crime.
The fire at the Belfast Multi Cultural Association building is being treated as a hate crime. Picture: David Young/PA
Sat, 16 Jan, 2021 - 10:00 David Young and Michael McHugh, PA
Police in Northern Ireland believe a fire that extensively damaged a multicultural centre in Belfast was started deliberately.
Officers are treating the blaze at the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association property on Donegall Pass in the south of the city as a hate crime.